Only 5 more days (I should be wrapping)! As we are just around the corner from Christmas, I wanted to share a few festive holiday designs around our home. I love using photography (though amateur iPhone) to capture all of the colors, textures, and changes as we move from one season and holiday to the next. As such, I have included a few from early fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and now Christmas...I love making the most out of bargains discovered at Home Goods, One Kings Lane, local antique and gift shops, etc...Enjoy!
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for a New Year's Eve get together....
(I just arranged these flowers from local grocery and added
this ribbon from Michael's) |
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Heading into the Christmas season...
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Christmas Table Coming Together
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These square boxwood wreaths were only $15 (holiday sale) at Arhaus....
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I found these cute faux moss balls also at Arhaus (holiday sale)
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As mentioned in an earlier post, I found these cute gold pails at Target for $3
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Some holiday shopping at Crocker Park
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The 'Elf Village' my son, Jack made at BayArts class
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I found these adorable vintage Coca-Cola crates
at local Rocky River shop, Trois Soeurs...
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Joy sign was super easy to make
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I found this cute gingham ribbon at One Kings Lane..
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| These cute felt-wrapped votives were only $1 each at our local Marc's store... |
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I found these cute holiday chalkboard signs at local
Rocky River shop, Urban Home & Garden
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Our living room at night...love the simple pretty white lights!
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I found these faux boxwood stars at Home Goods...
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A pine garland, the tall gold pails from Target
topped with large gold ornaments with red bows,
and wood lanterns make a simple yet festive mantle arrangement
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Festive zebra pillows from One Kings Lane
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Fireplace at other end of the room....
I found this vintage sled at local shop, Trois Soeurs
for my little driftwood reindeer to pull ; )
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| Have you been naughty or nice this year? |
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| Caroline directing traffic on stage during her preschool Christmas play |
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| 'Santa Hat' Brownie Treats (not as pretty as Pinterest, of course!) |
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We played this fun game at a friend's holiday party...
Families competed to see who could create these reindeer antlers first! |
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| At Tower City |
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| Teepee-ed by the Elf! |
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| Making Cookies for Santa |
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| Setting Out Cookies for Santa... |
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| Christmas Morning! |
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| Reading a Letter from Santa... |
Some Fall Decor...Halloween and Thanksgiving...
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| Early fall...love all of the subtle color and tonal varieties in the fall mums |
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| Our Halloween color-gradation 'candy corn' banner... |
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| Our banner looks pretty cool when arranged as a bulls-eye before we hang... |
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| Driving through our neighborhood, I took this photo of our vibrant fall leaves... |
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| Fun little striped tablecloth from Target.... |
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| Festive wood sign from Home Goods |
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| Kids' Haunted House Designs... |
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| Some beautiful fall colors from our school garden tomatoes... |
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| Little 'witch hat' treats made with chocolate cookies, orange icing and hershey kisses... |
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| Delicious Apple Sangria...Apple Cider, Diet Gingerale, Pinot Grigio, Vodka |
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We borrowed this idea from a friend's birthday party...
the kids wrapped orange duct tape around water bottles
to add a little Halloween color to the drink stash... |
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Our first big snowfall arrived in early Nov...
Love the juxtaposition of colorful leaves and the blanket of white snow |
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| Our fall tablescape was inspired by this very simple yet beautiful photo... |
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| The kids made these cute and simple turkeys at school... |
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| Making our Thanksgiving 'What are you Thankful For?' Turkey |
What are you thankful for this holiday season?
